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Inside Agitators: Australian Femocrats and the State

Contemporary Sociology A Journal of ReviewsPublished 1 May 1997
Karen Booth, Hester Eisenstein
Citations284
SJR quartileQ4
SJR score0.12
SNIP0.23

Abstract

IntroductionPART I THE FEMOCRATIC EXPERIMENT1 The Australian social compact2 The early years3 Establishing the feminist mafia4 MilestonesPART II A DISTINCTIVE IDEOLOGY5 Using the state6 Mandarins or missionaries? Accountability to the women's movement7 Class-conscious agenda8 Race, ethnicity and racismPART III GENDERED EXPERIENCES9 Official feminism and the politics of gender10 Sexual politics11 Sisterhood is fragilePART IV THE LIMITS OF REFORM12 Roadblocks13 The rise of neo-liberalism14 The end of an era?Conclusion

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